Madison teacher who sexually assaulted student placed in first offenders program
A former teacher at a Madison private school was placed in a first offenders program after pleading guilty Monday to sexually assaulting a student.
Jessica M. Kelbel, 30, of Madison, who was a special-education supervisor at The Richardson School on Madison’s North Side, was charged in February 2024 with sexual assault of a student by school staff after admitting to police she had sexual contact with a student at a North Side home, according to a criminal complaint filed in Dane County Circuit Court.
Under the terms of her plea, Kelbel’s case remains open and her bail conditions in place while she completes any programming assigned through the Dane County District Attorney’s Deferred Prosecution Program. If she’s able to do that, the conviction would be wiped out. If not, she faces up to six years in prison, a fine of up to $10,000 or both on the felony charge
